Nate Dogg

Nate Dogg(Nathaniel Dwayne Hale),
(born Aug. 19, 1969, Long Beach, Calif.—died March 15, 2011, Long Beach), American singer and rap musician who was an integral part of the West Coast rap sound, contributing soulful vocal hooks as a guest artist on numerous G-funk and gangsta rap songs beginning in the 1990s. Early in the ’90s he formed the rap group 213 with Snoop Dogg and Warren G; the demonstration tape that 213 recorded impressed producer Dr. Dre and resulted in contributions by Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg to cuts on Dr. Dre’s classic 1992 album The Chronic. In 1994 Nate Dogg ... (100 of 171 words)